Comic Lab

Everything old is new again

Episode Summary

Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss how websites and email newsletters have made a remarkable comeback in the past few years — and how you should be using them to publish now.

Episode Notes

Cartoonists Dave Kellett and Brad Guigar discuss how websites and email newsletters have made a remarkable comeback in the past few years — and how you should be using them to publish now. Also: What is a squircle, and why is it the best word balloon?!

ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW...

Websites and email newsletters
Patreon's new billing option
Tumblr did NOT bring back NSFW comics
Word balloons: Elliptical or rounded-corner rectangle?

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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the author of The Webcomics Handbook. Dave Kellett is the creator of Sheldon and Drive.

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